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Easy-to-use tool to find out if your patients/clients have food insecurity. Provides two questions for health care providers/program staff to ask that screen for food insecurity. Second page can be filled out with community food resource information, and given to patients/clients or set out in gathering places.

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BEHAVIORAL HEALTH, SPIRITUALITY The Healing Power of Beading(5-page article)

Barbara Mora, author of Using Our Wit and Wisdom to Live Well with Diabetes, was devastated when she learned she had diabetes. In this story she talks about how beading has helped her; it is meditative and allows her to process her feelings, quietly and creatively. Contains a list of the other steps and people who helped Barbara overcome depression and become happy.

Understanding historical grief and trauma and how it impacts Native people today is one of the first steps to preventing and managing diabetes. Read about real-life examples of how historical grief and trauma manifests itself in unhealthy habits and how Native people overcame trauma to live joyful lives.

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CKD DIAGNOSISChronic Kidney Disease: What Does It Mean For Me?(13-page booklet)

If you or someone in your family has been told they have chronic kidney disease (CKD), find information and answers to your questions in this booklet. What does that mean? And what does it mean for your health and your life? Order copies from the Online Catalog.

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CKD SCREENINGFor People with Diabetes or High Blood Pressure – Get Checked for CKD(3-page pamphlet)

Diabetes and high blood pressure can damage the kidneys and lead to kidney disease. If you have one of these conditions, you need to get checked for kidney disease. This booklet explains the key risk factors for CKD and the importance of getting tested. Order copies from the Online Catalog.

[PDF - 488KB]

DIABETES SELF-MANAGEMENT EDUCATION (DSME)Diabetes Basics(2-page tool)

Easy-to-read question and answer sheet explaining pre-diabetes and type 2 diabetes. Will help your patients and clients better understand how to prevent diabetes, and, for those newly-diagnosed, obtain a basic understanding of diabetes.

Easy-to-read education tool to help your clients know their current blood sugars and A1C and set goals. Assist clients to fill in simple bars that will show the relationship between their A1C numbers and average blood sugars.

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ELDERS, FITNESS REASONS The Secrets to Getting Fit at Any Age(6-page article)

Members of the White Mountain Apache and Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe, who are middle-aged and older, inspire readers with their stories of why they started to get fit and how they continue their fit lifestyles. Readers cannot help but be motivated, especially by the photo of 74-year-old Paschal Johnson lifting 300 pounds!

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ELDERS, FITNESS ROLE MODEL Esther Felipe: At 77 Years Old, She Walks Her Talk(3-page article)

An Acoma Pueblo member, Esther Felipe entered her first run, a 3-miler, at age 57. That was 20 years ago! Now Esther runs 5Ks, 10Ks and half marathons. She is an unstoppable role model. Middle-age and senior readers will come away with the knowledge that a person is never "too old" to start getting fit.

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HEART HEALTH, DIABETESIf you have diabetes, you are at risk for heart disease.(3-page article)

Toni Williams (Northern Arapaho) and her husband Ken (Seneca) share their story about diabetes and heart disease. Both have diabetes, and Ken has had two heart attacks. They are both taking steps to avoid heart disease. Includes heart disease questions and answers, and a chart to fill out with blood pressure and LDL cholesterol numbers.

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HEART HEALTH, MENFrom Heart Problems to Heart Health(2-page article)

Perry Dyea (Laguna-Kawaika) had unstable angina, and it scared him. He started exercising and eating right, but suddenly quit his healthy lifestyle, gained weight and needed bypass surgery. Perry’s honest story will motivate clients to take steps now to avoid what Perry went through. (He went on to lose 55 pounds and keep it off.) Article lists tips to a healthy heart and six signs of a heart attack and heart disease.

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HEART HEALTH, WOMENWhat Wise Women Know(3-page article)

Charmayne Druley (Tlingit) is a great role model of how to be a devoted wife and mother, and take care of your health and your heart. She shares five things she does regularly to keep her heart healthy. Includes "Questions and Answers About Women and Heart Disease."

PSA, PHYSICAL ACTIVITY

Color and black and white public service announcement (PSA) in PDF format to forward to newsletter editors. PSA encourages parents and grandparents to enjoy being physically active outdoors with children.

Color and black and white public service announcement (PSA) and article in PDF format to forward to newsletter editors. PSA encourages parents to help their children get 2 hours of active play each day. Article lists ways to help children stay at healthy weights, and not be overweight or obese.

Color and black and white public service announcements (PSA) and an article in PDF format to forward to newsletter editors. PSA informs parents that children need a certain number of hours of sleep each day. Article tells what may happen if their children don't get enough sleep, how much each age group needs, and tips to helping children go to bed and fall asleep.

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You Can Help Your Child
Get Enough Sleep and Be
Calmer, Happier, and
Healthier(300 dpi color article 7.5" x 9.25")

Color and black and white public service announcement (PSA) and article in PDF format to forward to newsletter editors. PSA celebrates the relationship between fathers and their children, and encourages positive role modeling. Article tells the story of Jon Garcia, a young Isleta Pueblo father, and how he is improving his life and his relationship with his daughter. Ends with a list of questions to help readers reflect.

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Young Man Finds His Way, with the Help of Family and by Making Sacrifices(300 dpi b&w article 8.5" x 11")

Color and black and white PSAs and an article in PDF format to forward to newsletter editors. Gives your Native clients ways to provide healthier meals to their families using the 3 steps from My Native Plate placemats. Tells how to print out My Native Plate from the Division of Diabetes website.

Color and black and white public service announcements (PSAs) and an article in PDF format to forward to newsletter editors. PSAs encourage people to find joy as a way to manage stress and reduce the risk for diabetes or its complications. Article is written by Paiute/Dine author Barbara Mora and gives examples of how she finds joy every day.

Color and black and white PSAs and an article in PDF format to forward to newsletter editors. PSAs encourage people to take care of themselves and their loved ones who have diabetes by getting flu shots. Article lists flu symptoms, encourages getting annual flu shots, and explains why all family members over the age of six months need flu shots.

Square/Color(300 dpi color PSA 5" x 5")

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If You Have Diabetes, Take Care of Yourself by Getting a Flu Shot(300 dpi b&w article 5" x 8.5")

Color and black and white PSAs and an article in PDF format to forward to newsletter editors. PSAs encourage your Native clients to know their blood pressure numbers and take steps to reach their targets. Article provides information to assess and reduce risk, and control high blood pressure.

Color and black and white PSAs and an article in PDF format to forward to newsletter editors. PSAs encourage serving beans instead of meat several times a week as a possible way to lower cholesterol. Article provides four ways to reduce risk for heart disease and features a basic bean soup recipe.

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You Can Help Your Family Lower Their Cholesterol(300 dpi b&w article 5" x 8.5")

Color and black and white PSAs and an article in PDF format to forward to newsletter editors. PSAs encourage parents and care givers to help youth stay healthy by getting enough sleep, being physically active every day, eating healthy foods, being happy, and connecting to nature and Spirit. Article elaborates on five ways to help children stay strong and healthy.

Horizontal/Color(300 dpi color PSA 7.5" x 5.5")

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Vertical/Color(300 dpi color PSA 2.5" x 9.5")

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You Can Help Your Children Stay Strong And Healthy(300 dpi b&w article 5" x 8.5")

Color and black and white PSAs and an article in PDF format to forward to newsletter editors. PSAs encourage your Native community members to walk regularly as a way to prevent and manage diabetes. Article provides answers to five questions about walking that inform readers how to make it a habit.

Color and black and white public service announcements (PSAs) in PDF format to forward to newsletter editors. Encourages people to give and receive during the holiday season as a way to find peace and reduce sadness/depression.

Color and black and white PSAs and an article in PDF format to forward to newsletter editors. Designed to motivate your Native clients to take care of their hearts by walking, eating healthy, and refraining from non-traditional tobacco use.

DeWayne Unger (Siletz, Shoshone-Bannock) is a single father living in a medium-sized city. He is a certified fitness trainer. In this article, he talks about the importance of emotional health, and how he encourages his three children to be emotionally healthy. He also explains how he lives happily in an urban area, and has a clear sense of his identity as a Native man.

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MEN, FATHERHOOD Being a Better Man(1-page article)

Eldrid Martinez (Tohono O’odham) used to put substance use above taking care of his diabetes. He decided to change his life, gave up substances, and started taking care of himself and his family members. He is learning traditional and spiritual ways. He knows there is a lot more he can do, but is committed to continually becoming a better man.

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MEN, FATHERHOOD I Am a Proud Father(1-page article)

Victor Rodriquez (Yaqui) writes this article about how he is raising his two young daughters, by respecting and supporting his wife, passing on traditions, and teaching spiritual and emotional health.

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MEN, HEART HEALTHFrom Heart Problems to Heart Health(2-page article)

Perry Dyea (Laguna-Kawaika) had unstable angina, and it scared him. He started exercising and eating right, but suddenly quit his healthy lifestyle, gained weight and needed bypass surgery. Perry’s honest story will motivate clients to take steps now to avoid what Perry went through. (He went on to lose 55 pounds and keep it off.) Article lists tips to a healthy heart and six signs of a heart attack and heart disease.

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MEN, WEIGHT LOSSJohn Lost 10 Pounds in Five Months and Gained Muscle(4-page article)

John Shije (Santa Clara Pueblo) went through it all—cigarettes, alcohol, weight gain, diabetes. But one day he started listening - to medical experts, to his wife. Find out the three things John did to start losing weight and how his positive outlook on insulin has helped him. (From Health for Native Life magazine, issue 13)

Easy-to-use tool to find out if your patients/clients have food insecurity. Provides two questions for health care providers/program staff to ask that screen for food insecurity. Second page can be filled out with community food resource information, and given to patients/clients or set out in gathering places.

Designed to give information to educators using My Native Plate and help them use it more effectively. Includes five key issues that affect people's eating habits, and instruction on where to find and print out colorful nutrition handouts from the USDA.

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NUTRITION, PORTION CONTROL My Native Plate(2-page tool)

Finally... an easy-to-understand way to show balanced meals with reasonable portion sizes! This tool shows three easy steps to knowing what and how much to eat. Front features a dinner plate. Back shows youth, breakfast, lunch and optional dinner plates. Based on the USDA My Plate and designed for Native audiences. Best if printed as full-color 11 X 17. Available in tablets of 50 (order), as single placemats (order), or PDFs (download - front, back).

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NUTRITION, HEALTHY TRAVEL EATING How to Survive the Miles and the Temptations(2-page article)

Two Native women share tips on how they help their families eat healthy while traveling to relatives' tribes, powwows and rodeos. One has diabetes. One does not and is taking steps to prevent diabetes. They suggest packing coolers of healthy foods to help resist convenience store temptations.

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NUTRITION, YOUTH What’s the Big Deal About Whole Grains?(2-page tool)

2-page education tool for teens and preteens. Explains whole grains, what they are, and why they are good for your body. Includes a quick quiz with answers.

Josephine remembers a gathering when someone brought a salad garnished with cholla (cactus) buds. "It was just a regular green salad with cholla buds," she says and she loved it. The cholla buds are proof. You can put love in the food, have people really enjoy the dish and have it be good for them. For your next gathering: Transform comfort foods with great ideas for using healthier traditional foods.

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NUTRITION, EATING HABITSFast Food Plan That Works(2-page article)

Grace Goad changed her fast food eating habits to reach two goals: to live as long as her mother – 105 years, and to be able to easily bend down and put on her socks. Options for healthy eating away from home are offered for several fast food restaurant chain menus.

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NUTRITIONHidden Sugars

Easy-to-use, one-page sheet shows common foods and drinks alongside multiple sugar cubes illustrating amounts of sugars. Help your clients understand where many of their diets’ sugars may be coming from, and start making changes to reduce blood sugar levels and lose weight. Available in colored tablets of 50 sheets (order) or PDFs (download).

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NUTRITIONHidden Fats

Easy-to-use, one-page sheet shows common foods and drinks alongside multiple teaspoons illustrating amounts of fats. Help your clients understand where many of their diets’ fats may be coming from, and start making changes to reduce blood sugar levels and lose weight. Available in colored tablets of 50 sheets (order) or PDFs (download).

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NUTRITIONHidden Sugars and Fats

Easy-to-use, one-page sheet shows common foods and drinks alongside multiple sugar cubes and teaspoons illustrating amounts of sugars and fats. Help your clients understand where many of their diets’ sugars and fats may be coming from, and start making changes to reduce blood sugar levels and lose weight. Available in colored tablets of 50 sheets (order) or PDFs (download).

[PDF - 383KB]

NUTRITION, RECIPE Whole Wheat Fry Bread(1-page tool)

Easy-to-follow, one-page recipe shows how to make fry bread in a healthier way, using whole wheat flour and canola oil. Photo of fry bread pieces illustrates what a portion size should be.

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NUTRITION, SPECIAL OCCASION Ten "Doable" Ways You Can Enjoy Meals on Special Days(1-page tool)

Interactive education tool to help your clients choose healthy eating methods they can use at holiday, feast day or party meals. Clients check off what they can do, then show their accomplishments to you or a health care provider.

Here it comes, the bigger-than-life portion. Perry Dyea (Laguna-Kawaika) ordered a small, 4-ounce steak with no visible fat. He ate only half the potatoes and was well on his way to wrapping up his sensible meal when the Bigger-Than-Life-Portion of cake arrived with a thunk. What did Perry do? What would you do? Hint: You can eat out and not overeat!

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WEIGHT LOSS My Weight Loss Plan(1-page tool)

Six questions with spaces for answers will guide your clients in developing their personal plans to lose weight. Can be used with a more in-depth article on developing weight loss plans: Achieving Your Weight Loss Goals Starts with Setting Your Goals. [PDF - 404KB] Both can be used in weight loss classes or during one-on-one education.

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WEIGHT LOSS, WOMENFrom Crazy to Control(4-page article)

Raquel Yepez (Western Shoshone) calls her former eating style "crazy eating." In this article Raquel tells how family stress caused her to overeat and how a tribal weight loss challenge helped her start losing weight. Written by Raquel, this article lists six steps she practices daily to stay at a healthy weight. (From Health for Native Life magazine, issue 13)

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WEIGHT LOSS, MENJohn Lost 10 Pounds in Five Months and Gained Muscle(4-page article)

John Shije (Santa Clara Pueblo) went through it all—cigarettes, alcohol, weight gain, diabetes. But one day he started listening - to medical experts, to his wife. Find out the three things John did to start losing weight and how his positive outlook on insulin has helped him. (From Health for Native Life magazine, issue 13)

Three members of the Catawba Tribe of South Carolina tell how depression caused them to gain weight and how family and spiritual beliefs helped them overcome depression, start losing weight, and become joyful. Two others share quick weight loss tips including Moments of Change, and What Helped Me Change. (From Health for Native Life magazine, issue 13)

Tleena helps women use their cultural teachings to get fit. In kickboxing, like making moccasins, she teaches putting
intention into the activity. "I teach them to place intention on themselves when kickboxing, to think about knocking down their fears, worries, or insecurities."

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WEIGHT LOSS, YOUTH"This is me now."(3-page article)

Sterling Warjack (Shoshone Bannock) is 21 years old and shares his touching story of what it was like to be an overweight teenager. He tells how fear of diabetes and dying young motivated him to meet with a dietitian, start walking, stop drinking energy drinks/pop and switch from burgers to low-fat sandwiches. He lists six steps he took to start his new lifestyle.

Seven Alaska Native People changed their ways of thinking, understanding of diabetes prevention and management, daily habits and lifestyles to lose 176 pounds! Find out how each person did it. (From Health for Native Life magazine, issue 14)

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POSTER, YOUTHActive play feels great!(300 dpi color 8.5" x 11")

Full-color poster in PDF format features a boy holding a basketball. Parents learn that children need about 2 hours of active play each day. Best if printed on a color printer, letter size.

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POSTER, YOUTH Beat It!(300 dpi color 8.5" x 14")

Full-color poster features a Tlingit/Muckleshoot boy drumming. Parents of pre-school-age children are encouraged to help them be active, stay at healthy weights and prevent diabetes. Best if printed on a color printer, legal size.

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POSTER, YOUTH Tackle It!(300 dpi color 8.5" x 14")

Full-color poster features a Navajo middle-school-age boy playing football. Children his age are inspired to be active, stay at healthy weights and prevent diabetes. Best if printed on a color printer, legal size.

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POSTER, YOUTH Outshine It!(300 dpi color 8.5" x 14")

Full-color poster features a Haliwa-Saponi high-school-age girl dancing. Children her age are inspired to be active, stay at healthy weights and prevent diabetes. Best if printed on a color printer, legal size.

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POSTER, YOUTH Conquer It!(300 dpi color 8.5" x 14")

Full-color poster features a Chickasaw elementary-school-age girl climbing a wall. Children her age are inspired to be active, stay at healthy weights and prevent diabetes. Best if printed on a color printer, legal size.

Full-color poster in PDF format features a Navajo teen with his horse. Quick information is listed in a box that tells how he is cutting back on pop, stays active by doing ranch-related activities, and shows respect for his parents. Best if printed on a color printer, letter size.

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POSTER, YOUTH Staying fit is traditional!(300 dpi color 8.5" x 11")

Full-color poster in PDF format features a White Mountain Apache girl on a treadmill. Quick information is listed in a box that tells her favorite sports, how she drinks water instead of pop, and her goal of excelling in running and basketball. Best if printed on a color printer, letter size.

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POSTER, YOUTH Being active is traditional!(300 dpi color 8.5" x 11")

Full-color poster in PDF format features a Hualapai teen holding a basketball. Quick information is listed in a box that tells how she stays active, enjoys learning about Hualapai culture, and wants to role model good health to youth. Best if printed on a color printer, letter size.

Full-color poster in PDF format features a Colville teen in traditional and modern clothing. Quick information is listed in a box that tells how she stays active by powwow dancing, eats traditional foods, and shows respect for her family. Best if printed on a color printer, letter size.

Full-color poster in PDF format features a Skokomish teen holding freshly-harvested vegetables. Quick information is listed in a box that tells his favorite vegetable, how he avoids pop, fast food, drugs, and alcohol, and his motto to make his family proud. Best if printed on a color printer, letter size.

Full-color poster in PDF format features a Shoshone/Paiute boy in a martial arts pose. Quick information is listed in a box that tells his favorite sports of basketball and soccer, how he limits screen time to 30 minutes a day, and how he values his Native culture. Best if printed on a color printer, letter size.

Full-color poster in PDF format features a Navajo teen holding a clarinet. Quick information is listed in a box that tells how she did a Sunrise Dance to honor her family, stays active by playing tennis, and plans to encourage Native youth to play music. Best if printed on a color printer, letter size.

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POSTER, YOUTH You can help him get the sleep he needs.(300 dpi color 8.5" x 11")

Full-color poster in PDF format features a Navajo/Acoma boy holding a stuffed animal as he sleeps. Parents learn why plentiful sleep is important, especially for children. Quick information is listed in a box telling how much sleep children of different age groups need. Best if printed on a color printer, letter size.

Full-color poster features a Navajo woman who is a role model for breastfeeding. Two simple reasons to breastfeed are stated on the lower part of the poster. Put in clinics, waiting rooms and gathering places. Best if printed on a color printer, legal size.